Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in GNU Linker (ld) in GNU Binutils 2.28

CVE-2017-7227 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

GNU linker (ld) in GNU Binutils 2.28 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow while processing a bogus input script, leading to a program crash. This relates to lack of '\0' termination of a name field in ldlex.l.

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